Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 2 | Seeking advice at an early stage could solve small worries before they become major problems . |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend is presenting awards at an important lunch . |
| 4 | A DARLINGTON teenager was selling drugs at an open-air party , a Teesside Crown Court jury decided yesterday . |
| 5 | Bell Aircraft was located in close proximity to the GE facility and while Bell was producing P–39s at an heroic rate , its design engineers were already looking beyond the end of the production contact to new , future fighters . |
| 6 | The key features review referred to above is devised to identify potential deal breaking problems at an early stage , so as to limit the possibility of Big accumulating large professional fees on ultimately abortive deals . |
| 7 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 8 | Two men are accused of murdering the informer to stop him giving evidence at an armed robbery trial . |
| 9 | Mr and Mrs Hoad , giving evidence at an earlier hearing , said Mr Gould had |
| 10 | Delegates felt that women had more talent than men for spotting potential sources of trouble and taking action at an earlier stage . |
| 11 | Claims that the English tests had not been properly prepared were dismissed as being ‘ without any validity at all , ’ and he stressed the importance of the tests in identifying pupils with reading difficulties at an early age so they could be given extra help . |
| 12 | This is particularly the case with market research reports , most of which are extremely expensive , thus putting Scotland at an economic disadvantage in not having direct access to this material . |
| 13 | Now , with her colleague , Lynlea Longworth , also 12 , Nadia is planning for a week of rugged , demanding adventure at an outdoor training centre in the west of Scotland . |
| 14 | At the lime that it was published , the report received a great deal of attention since it coincided with the brief economic boom of 1971 — 2 and workers were leaving agriculture at an alarming rate . |
| 15 | Mark Moore seems to be shedding vocalists at an alarming rate . |
| 16 | Mr Lewis warned judges and magistrates who have been jailing offenders at an unprecedented rate , that pushing the service too far and too fast would create what he called unacceptable risks . |
| 17 | The scale can be illustrated by the fact that 30 years ago our young people were maturing at a later stage than now , but in many cases were leaving school at an earlier age and taking up employment — the gap between adolescence and employment was perhaps only 12 months . |
| 18 | More success might be expected from measures directed towards offering help at an earlier stage when the patient is less distressed , for example when the patient gets in touch with the general practitioner . |